
OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) - Nomar Garciaparra stepped up to the batter's box and thought it was kind of funny to see Jason Varitek crouched behind home plate. "It was just the strangest thing," Garciaparra said of facing his old team for the first time. "The last time I saw Varitek behind the plate like that was in an intersquad game a long time ago. It just felt weird." The situation didn't phase Garciaparra, though. He and Jack Cust each homered, and Jason Giambi and Matt Holliday both drove in two runs as the Oakland Athletics beat the Boston Red Sox 8-2 Monday read more
